Jef Aerts

Jef Aerts (born 26 May 1972) is a Belgian writer of children’s and youth literature.

After publishing four novels, poetry and theater,[1] Jef Aerts has been writing for young readers since 2012.

[2] For the picture book Bigger than a Dream he worked with the Swedish-Dutch illustrator Marit Törnqvist.

[3] Jef Aerts received three Zilveren Griffel awards: for Bigger than a Dream, Fish don’t melt and The Blue Wings (illustrated by Martijn van der Linden).

[4][5] Aerts’ children’s and youth books have been translated and sold in 15 languages,[6] including English, German, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, Russian and Persian.